Today in NHL History, March 13th

1911: Marty Walsh scored three goals as the Senators beat Galt 7-4, in Ottawa, in the first Stanley Cup game played in three 20-minute periods. Prior to this, Stanley Cup games were played in two 30-minute "halfs".

1930: Chuck Gardiner became the first goaltender in Chicago Black Hawks history to win 20 games in one season. The milestone 20th victory of the year was a 3-2 win in overtime against the visiting Boston Bruins.

1934: Maroons' Lawrence "Baldy" Northcott and Reginald "Hooley" Smith each scored a hat trick and added two assists as Montreal won 6-2 over the visiting Chicago Black Hawks.

1938: Detroit rookie Carl Liscombe scored the fastest three goals in NHL history in a 5-1 win over Chicago at the Olympia. His record time was 1:52. The record was broken by Chicago's Bill Mosienko (:21) in 1952.

1955: Montreal's Maurice "Rocket" Richard was ejected for fighting during a 4-2 Canadiens' loss to Boston. Three days later NHL President Clarence Campbell suspended Richard for the rest of the season, a decision that caused in a riot in Montreal.....Earl Reibel scored his second career hat trick and added an assist as the Red Wings tied a team record by extending their home undefeated streak to 17 games (12-0-5) with a 6-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

1971: Al Smith made 20 saves to earn his 4th career shutout, as the Penguins tied the North Stars 0-0 at the Civic Arena. Cesare Maniago recorded his second consecutive shutout (the 16th of his career) for Minnesota.....John Bucyk became the third player in Boston Bruins history (and the fifth in NHL history) to score 100 points in one season, with a goal in a 6-3 win at Vancouver.

1974: Canadiens' Henri Richard became the 4th player in franchise history to score 350 goals. The milestone came when Montreal tied 3-3 at Chicago.

1975: L.A. goalie Gary Edwards stretched his undefeated streak to 13 games (7-0-6) when the Kings tied Detroit 5-5 at Forum.

1978: Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored his 12th career hat trick with three straight goals in the first period, in a 5-2 win against the North Stars, at Minnesota.

1979: Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Paul Gardner from the Colorado Rockies, in exchange for Don Ashby and Trevor Johansen.

1984: Islanders' Bob Bourne scored his first career hat trick (in 699 NHL games) during the second period of a 5-1 win over the Devils, at New Jersey.....Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and an assist to give him 900 career points. The milestone came in career game #385, as the Oilers won 6-5 over the Nordiques in Quebec City.

1985: Detroit's John Ogrodnick scored his 6th (and final) career hat trick and added an assist, in a 7-6 loss at Edmonton. The three goals made Ogrodnick the third player in Red Wings history to score 50 goals in one season.....Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and added four assists, and Jari Kurri had two goals and two assists in the Oilers' 7-6 win against the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1988: Boston's Rick Middleton played his 1,000th NHL game, as the Bruins were shut out 3-0 by the visiting Washington Capitals.

1993: Brett Hull scored his 350th NHL career goal, and added an assist in the Blues' 6-2 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars.....The Flyers-Kings game in Philadelphia was called off after one period, when winds caused by the "Blizzard of '93" shattered a window in the Spectrum's outer lobby. The score was tied 1-1; the game was replayed on April 1st.

1994: Rookie Martin Brodeur recorded his third career shutout in the Devils' 4-0 win over the visiting Dallas Stars. The win gave the Devils a franchise unbeaten streak, 7-0-2 in the previous 9 games, and also set a season record with 88 points.

1996: Dave Andreychuk had two goals and an assist to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-3 tie against the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Immediately after the game, Andreychuk was traded to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a 2nd round draft pick (Marek Posmyk) in the 1996 Entry Draft and a conditional draft pick in 1998 or 1999 Entry Drafts.....Toronto obtained Wendel Clark, Mathieu Schneider and D.J. Smith from the New York Islanders, in exchange for Darby Hendrickson, Kenny Jonsson, Sean Haggerty and the Leafs' 1st round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft.

1999: Phil Housley picked up three assists to give him 1,066 career NHL points, the most by a U.S. born player, as Calgary won 5-4 in overtime at Washington. Housley broke the record of 1,063 points held by Joe Mullen.....Ray Bourque became the Boston Bruins' all-time leader in games played when he appeared in his 1,437th game, a 3-1 loss at Buffalo. Bourque broke the record held by John Bucyk.....Jaromir Jagr scored a goal and added three assists to become the first 100 point scorer in the 1998-99 season, as the Penguins won 4-0 against the visiting Flyers. Jagr reached the 100 point mark in a season for the third time in his career.

2000: Alexander Mogilny scored his 350th career NHL goal as Vancouver lost in overtime, at Los Angeles. It turned out to be Mogilny's final goal as a member of the Vancouver Canucks.

2001: Phoenix Coyotes traded left wing Keith Tkachuk to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for center Michal Handzus, center Ladislav Nagy, the rights to center Jeff Taffe and a 1st-round pick in the 2001 or 2002 Entry Draft.

2002: Scott Stevens became the 8th player in NHL history to appear in 1,500 games, and veteran forward Jim McKenzie scored just the second power-play goal of his NHL career to lead the Devils to a 3-2 win over the visiting New York Islanders.....Defenseman Chris Chelios scored the first regular-season overtime goal of his 19-year NHL career, and Igor Larionov added four assists to lead the Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers.

2003: Carolina's Ron Francis became just the second player in NHL history to get 50 points in 22 straight seasons, when picked up an two assists in a 5-3 loss at Philadelphia.